May 28 Photo by xavier_s The French Open tennis tournament, officially known as Roland Garros, kicked off Sunday in Paris. Hardly a cheapo event, but tennis fan Cheapos can get the “Evening Visitor” passes at 10 euros for play after 5 p.m. on certain courts. Availability is based on the number of seats vacated by people who » Read more
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Dublin: Discounted Greens Fees
May 18 Golf isn’t generally up our alley, but we’re nothing if not suggestable. Dublin Tourism is now offering a host of great golfing offers from clubs around Ireland. Participating clubs include Malahide Golf Club and St. Anne’s Golf Club in County Dublin. Until June 30, 2007, Malahide Golf Club is offering greens fees of just €30 » Read more
Athens: Euroleague Final Four
May 04 Unless you are a die-hard Euroleague basketball fan, you probably won’t want to shell out the €497 to €1247 (ouch!) for tickets to the playoffs in Athens this weekend, but you can still enjoy all the hoopla surrounding the event. The biggest indoor sporting event to take place in Athens since the 2004 Summer Olympic » Read more
Hungary: Extreme Fun in Szilvasvarad
May 02 For the third year running, the town of Szilvásvárad (translation: plum castle!) is hosting its outdoor festival on May 26. The festival features all manner of extreme sports: rodeo riding, bungee jumping, speed, hot-air ballooning, hang-gliding, and motor sports among others. Great news for Cheapos: the outdoor festival is free of charge. Best of all, » Read more
Austria: European Football 2008!
Mar 27 The important cities in Austria and Switzerland are where the action is when it comes to the UEFA European Championship 2008. According to the UEFA Web site, groundwork for a European national-team competition began in 1956, achieving fruition in 1958 as the European Nations’ Cup, and is now known as the UEFA European Championship. Fans » Read more
London: Cha-Ching for 2012 Olympics Budget
Mar 16 They still have five years, but London’s bank account for the 2012 Olympic Games is soaring. Today, in a controversial move, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell decreed the Olympic budget tripled. The budget now rings in at £9.32 billion (about US$18.3 billion) up from an earlier £2.4 billion. This money will pay for security and site » Read more
Switzerland: How Many Times Can We Say Disaster?
Feb 28 Oh, those fun-loving Swiss. We adore them for their ingenuity, their courage (even in the face of death-defying extreme sports), and most importantly, their determination that the party must go on even in the face of, well, disaster. Sadly, we must report that the Slide Disaster Contest scheduled to take place on Eggli mountain in » Read more
Betting on Ireland
Feb 21 Ryanair announced today that they will give away one million free flights (not including taxes and charges, obviously!) following an Irish victory over England in the 6 Nations rugby match scheduled at Croke Park in Dublin this coming Saturday. How fervently is Ryanair hoping for an English win? That’s our question. The free flights are » Read more
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